Product Development Scientist

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Product Development Scientist

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Product Development Scientist, are to:

• Actively participates in Global Pepper and Eggplant product Unit;

• Execute the technical strategy required for product development, aligned with product concepts and commercial needs to deliver a robust portfolio of improved germplasm products;

• Interact with partners in Integrated Planning & Insights (IPI), Phenotyping & Seed Generation (P&SG), Data Science & Engineering (DSE) teams, and others to ensure proper execution of our technical strategies and coordinate successful pipeline delivery;

• Test and implement new experimental designs, data collection methods, and analytics and IT approaches to improve our decision science and positively impact product development pipelines globally;

• Monitor breeding pipeline metrics and seeks insights that promote optimization of resources to maximize return on investment;

• Conduct field evaluation of pre-commercial products and leverage both data and in-field observations to build deep product knowledge;

• Partner with diverse teams to adapt our phenotyping methodologies to modern climate conditions and management practices, delivering provide insights that can be used to prescribe product recommendations;

• Attend key commercial and customer-facing events and tours to translate and communicate product knowledge with partners and growers;

• Actively contributes to commercial deployment and product rollouts to ensure adequate knowledge transfer and measurably improve product placement and launch effectiveness;

• Act as a champion of the digital transformation by supporting the development and implementation of strategic technical outcomes for product development, including leveraging real and simulated data (when possible) to improve selection and placement decisions;

• Partner with teams throughout R&D to derive actionable insights from historical data that can be used to improve our breeding strategies;

• Build connections across R&D and Commercial teams to understand customer needs and market trend connections to pipeline strategy and selection approaches;

• Support Sustainability, Safety, Health, and Environment initiatives, and Compliance, Business Conduct and Human Rights focus and culture in the team.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree;

• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to achieve common goals;

• Demonstrated experience leading and influencing activities of cross functional teams without direct reporting relationships;

• Ability to lead and influence key stakeholders through challenges and opportunities; facilitates solutions;

• Results orientation with demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/priorities simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. with 3 years of relevant experience; OR

• Master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience; OR

• Bachelor’s degree with 7 years relevant experience;

• Ph.D. or Master’s degree in Agricultural Science, Pathology, Genetics, Crop Science, or Product Management;

• Familiarity with and a demonstrated ability to perform data analysis with large datasets;

• Experience with automated phenotyping/remote sensing and the interpretation of imaging data.

Relocation may be offered for this role.

This posting will be available for application until at least 10/23/26.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $97,120.00 to $145,680.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

YOUR APPLICATION

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.

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Location: United States : California : Woodland

Division: Crop Science

Reference Code: 891577

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